Tag: warped array

Now, the eighth day is after the seventh, and as such marks an ‘extra” day. If we do not bring the days back, to the beginning of the first day, in other words — eight is another, other, and outside the usual seven. So, this poem is for that * extra * day, marking an expansion that is outside of the circle, an appendage of the week nearly – reaching out, extending beyond, to the next moment where thought creates time and circles back to the beginning of a new week. This eighth day extends beyond — and in doing so, is “extra-conceptual” and dwells completely in the realm of the imaginary. It is imagination, in all its power, extending beyond and creating anew. So, we come to spring.

Eight or eyiogbe is all light in Yoruban divination systems. It is an odu, or sign that means and creates all blessings that could be, coming from heaven – a resounding yes. So, let’s open the poem!